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Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Kellia (Genus)
> cycladiformis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Erycina cycladiformis Deshayes, 1839
Images: Kellia cycladiformis (Deshayes, 1834)
Collected at low tide, Waitara, Taranaki, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Kellia (Genus)
> cycladiformis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Erycina cycladiformis Deshayes, 1839
Details: Kellia cycladiformis (Deshayes, 1834)
Size/Grows to:
Width 16mm, Height 13mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Often found inside empty bivalves, from 0-346m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.393)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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